Tides of Vengeance Preview - Faction Assaults
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The Horde and Alliance have established their footholds in Kul Tiras and Zandalar, each seeking to use these staging points as inroads to the flow of Azerite in enemy territory. Now the Horde and the Alliance will use those hard-earned footholds to launch large-scale assaults deep into enemy territory. While the assaulting faction tries to break through their enemy’s defenses, players must rally the local forces to drive the invaders from their continent.

Who: Level 110 and Above players who have unlocked World Quests on their account and have begun the War Campaign.

Where: Kul Tiras and Zandalar

With the release of Tides of Vengeance, players will be able to take part in Faction Assaults in Zandalar and Kul Tiras. Level 110 and above players from the Horde and the Alliance will be able to take part in these events on either continent as long as they have unlocked World Quests on their account and have begun the War Campaign.

Faction Assaults will cycle regularly between Kul Tiras and Zandalar, giving players an opportunity to either help their faction attack or defend via a series of World Quests. Much like Legion Assaults, players will be able to see when a Faction Assault is occurring by pulling up their world map (M). A Horde or Alliance crest on the map will indicate the type of invasion that is occurring and the available quests associated with it.


Players will be able to take part in a variety of quest types, including taking out elite targets, mowing down enemy armies with powerful magic and siege weapons, taking down the enemy ship, participating in covert assassinations, or embarking on shared quests that bring the two opposing factions in close proximity to each other. For those who have War Mode on, you’ll want to stay on your toes—and maybe grab a friend or two to join you in battle.

Whether you’re participating in PvP or not, you’ll want to keep your eyes out for a variety of additional bonus items such as potions and bombs to aid you in your quest to push out the opposing forces. A little help from something like an Unstable Azerite Flare could turn the tides of battle quickly—if you can hang on to it long enough.

The Spoils of War
If you’re working on leveling an alternate character (or two), Faction Assaults provide plenty of opportunities to earn experience and reputation with the 7th Legion or Honorbound. Completing a Faction Assault will also provide a 1-hour experience buff to help you as you level your way through Battle for Azeroth and prepare to bring your full might to your faction’s aid.

Players at maximum level will be able to earn bonus reputation, War Resources, and new gear (item level 325–370) with a chance of being Titanforged. There are also many achievements to be earned both in PvE and in War Mode.

Timing is Everything
Faction Assaults will only be available for a set period of time before they are gone—at least until the next one. You’ll want to keep an eye on the Faction Assault timer, which is visible on your world map and will appear as a countdown in any quests you’re participating in as time winds down. Once an event has completed, any quests you’re on will be gone with it. You’ll want to be extra careful if you’re assaulting a ship hovering over the battlefield . . . you might suddenly find the only direction you can go is down.

Bring some friends along for the fun—and maybe for a little extra protection. Faction Assaults are bound to get your blood pumping.




This article was originally published in forum thread: Tides of Vengeance Preview - Faction Assaults started by chaud View original post
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  1. Azarak's Avatar
    Hey look, more world quests.
  1. muto's Avatar
    As if the game wasn’t already Legion 2.0
  1. Exkrementor's Avatar
    Just say its Legion invasions. Dont need to make a huge post about it like its the next big thing.
  1. Zequill's Avatar
    So less XP but they give a bonus XP buff once done 4 of them for 1 hours. Sound legit.
  1. Tyrannica's Avatar
    Both the expierence gains from this and the lack of accountbound tokens are a non issue in BfA. You allready level extremely fast in BfA questzones. I stayed in 1 zone did nothing, but quests and almost got to max level. And there will be accountbound rep, allthough just for 1 faction afaik, should include them all.

    Meanwhile, class design remain rather boring for most classes and the ridiculous mission table on our tiny faction boat, isnt exactly an improvement, either. You complained about WoD as the worst possible expansion, while its only real issue was cut content and some small pruning(in comparission to BfA). At least WoD had PvP vendors, the much hated ashran, pvp scaling that did make sense with more fluid to play specs, like shadow priest with orbs and no annoying voidform mechanic. If you did some pvp it was rather good, tbh. People hated garrissions, but at least they got meaningful missions to do. Have a hard look on BfAs mission table. I suggest to. remove it by now, its a waste of resources!
  1. Kyphael's Avatar
    Great, more faction war sheet. Oh well, at least they'll provide a different and faster path to leveling alts. The Legion invasions were fun to that end.
  1. Averrix's Avatar
    I don't even feel like doing these. I don't want to do more world quest shit

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    Quote Originally Posted by RundinO View Post
    Ugh. Most of my friends that typically play for the majority of an expansion have all quit playing as of a month or so ago due to BFA. They've gone back to Stellaris, Terraria, etc. until things get "fixed".


    The only thing keeping me around right now is farming old content for mounts/pets/mogs/rep. But hey, at least there's that, right?
    That's all I'm doing. I mean heck, when the expansion first started, I spent the first three weeks getting class mounts on my alts before I finished leveling my main to 120.
  1. Asaliah's Avatar
    Is there a small instanced 3 guys quest after finishing 4 of the assault WQ like in Legion?
  1. ShiirowX's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tyrannica View Post
    Both the expierence gains from this and the lack of accountbound tokens are a non issue in BfA. You allready level extremely fast in BfA questzones. I stayed in 1 zone did nothing, but quests and almost got to max level.
    I call bollocks on this statement, there is no way you get to max level from just the quests in a single zone. Stop trying to BS. It takes at least 2 of the 3 available zones to get to 120 if you do nothing but the quests.
  1. Grimalkin of Old's Avatar
    Can't wait for 9.0
  1. kamuimac's Avatar
    lol - shitty xp and usless rewards.

    this garbage are dead as dodo before they are even implemented in live.

    nice moves along with making sure islands stay dead because you up their difficulty .

    guess its time to take a break from wow till next tier lands
  1. MrLoque's Avatar
    Faction Assaults are bound to get your blood pumping.
    Motivational speech 101
  1. martinboy's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Asaliah View Post
    Is there a small instanced 3 guys quest after finishing 4 of the assault WQ like in Legion?
    No, its a solo scenario in BfA.
  1. Alayea's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tyrannica View Post
    Both the expierence gains from this and the lack of accountbound tokens are a non issue in BfA. You allready level extremely fast in BfA questzones. I stayed in 1 zone did nothing, but quests and almost got to max level. And there will be accountbound rep, allthough just for 1 faction afaik, should include them all.
    I would love to know how you could level to 119 while only doing quests in one zone. Also, the point of doing Legion Invasions on an alt was to level from only doing its world quests. Blizzard is yet again telling players they're doing it wrong by moving most of the potential exp from the actual reward to a buff, so that you are strongly "encouraged" to do regular quests in order to get the most benefit.

    The lack of account-wide reputation tokens is an issue despite your assertion to the contrary. Do you have profession alts (bonus points if both player factions)? Are you going to be pursuing paragon rewards? If yes to any and you did all that during Legion, I can guarantee an altoholic is going to be feeling the difference with Faction Assaults. And that is on top of what's already live in the form of the awful BfA mission rewards.
  1. kevildelle's Avatar
    Graphic is awesome!

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